Next Saturday and Sunday Helsinki will once again be packed with people celebrating Vappu or the Finnish May Day. May 1st continues to be Labour day, and the trade unions usually organise a march or a happening at Hakaniemi square, but nowadays Vappu is most conspicuously a celebration for students and anyone wanting to let […]
Month: huhtikuu 2016
Finnish pop music as a guide to Finnish (and the Finns)
Listening to music in a language you want to learn is a great way of getting a feel for the rhythm of the language and picking up vocabulary with minimal effort. Hence, here is a list of currently popular artists in different genres of Finnish pop music; I’ll have to leave some of the classics/long […]